Lifetime Service - Can it be Transferred from Series 2 to Roamio

If I were to buy a Series 2 TiVo from someone who has a Lifetime subscription, can I transfer it to a new Roamio? I currently have a Series 4 Premiere and my service is monthly. When I get the Roamio I will stop using the Premiere.

"You activated the TiVo DVR with Product Lifetime Service less than 30 days ago."

mean that the 30 day window only exists for TiVos that were never activated in any way prior to the purchase of lifetime?

In other words, if you bought a Premiere and paid by the month for a year or so, at least long enough that any commitment had been fulfilled, and then decided to buy lifetime for it, and do so, and then 3 days later the Roamios get released and you decide you want to replace your Premiere with one of them and move the lifetime to it, are you out of luck because of the time the Premiere spent on the monthly sub?

"You activated the TiVo DVR with Product Lifetime Service less than 30 days ago."

mean that the 30 day window only exists for TiVos that were never activated in any way prior to the purchase of lifetime?

In other words, if you bought a Premiere and paid by the month for a year or so, at least long enough that any commitment had been fulfilled, and then decided to buy lifetime for it, and do so, and then 3 days later the Roamios get released and you decide you want to replace your Premiere with one of them and move the lifetime to it, are you out of luck because of the time the Premiere spent on the monthly sub?

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I'm not sure. I was just thinking about something similar. If someone called in and got $99 lifetime for an old HD and then turned around and bought a new Roamio within 30 days could they then transfer that $99 lifetime to the new unit?

I doubt it.
I'm sure the 30 days is in reference to having a hardware failure, in where you have to exchange the box, whether that happens when the box is new and has lifetime, or whether you purchase lifetime after a commitment period of monthly payments.
And when TiVo does a warranty exchange, they'll only exchange a box with another of the same model, if that model is still available new or as a refurb.
An exception would be say a warranty on a Premiere 320. Those were discontinued in favor of the Premiere 500, so TiVo would have no choice but to upgrade that box to one that is available.
I don't see any scenario where TiVo does a warranty exchange from any old box to a Roamio.

"You activated the TiVo DVR with Product Lifetime Service less than 30 days ago."

mean that the 30 day window only exists for TiVos that were never activated in any way prior to the purchase of lifetime?

In other words, if you bought a Premiere and paid by the month for a year or so, at least long enough that any commitment had been fulfilled, and then decided to buy lifetime for it, and do so, and then 3 days later the Roamios get released and you decide you want to replace your Premiere with one of them and move the lifetime to it, are you out of luck because of the time the Premiere spent on the monthly sub?

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At one time you may have been able to do this, but now you can't, as you may have paid only $99 for this Lifetime, but within the 30 days you can cancel the Lifetime service and get back the money you did spend on that service.